8 Jan
2002
8 Jan
'02
1:53 a.m.
Hello all,
Along with the Astronautics ZS-1 machines I posted about earlier, we
have some other equipment available. I have someone interested in one of
the 11/780 machines and possible others. As with the ZS-1 machines, the
time frame isn't very long. Again, we are closing this facility and the
equipment will be scrapped if not rescued.
1 DEC 11/780 (3 wide cabinet) currently up and running 4.2 BSD
3rd cabinet has a Ven-tel plugin modem rack w/~10 modems
1 rack containing 4 Fujitsu Eagle drives (one drive is off-line due
to increasing errors)
1 Fujitsu 9-track tape drive in 2 wide cabinet (not quite as tall as the
VAX cabinet)(This is a nice auto loading drive, there is a second
one available with two drives from a non-VAX system)
1 DEC TE16 9-track tape drive (1 wide cabinet)
1 Fujitsu line printer
1 DECWRITER III printing terminal as console
1 DEC 11/780 (3 wide cabinet) currently down but was running fine
when turned off (VMS)
3 DEC RP07 drives (each the size of a washing machine on steroids!)
1 DEC TU78 9-track tape drive
1 Scicards design station (This is a dedicated color graphics
terminal used for printed circuit board (PCB) layout)
I am told the tube was a little on the fuzzy side.
1 Benson photo plotter (we used this exclusively to print out PCB
artwork for checking)
1 Dataproducts line printer
1 DECWRITER III printing terminal as console
3 Valid Systems m68k based Multibus systems. Each system has several
dedicated mono graphics cards to drive multiple design stations.
Each system is in a half-height rack which contains the Multibus
rack, an 8" Fujitsu fixed disk drive and the slot loading 9-track
tape drive. I am unsure of the status of these systems. I believe
they were running when shut down, but I have doubts about the drives.
6 or more of the Valid Scaldstation design stations. Each includes a
table with built-in digitizer and a 19" green monochrome graphics
monitor. These systems were used primarily for schematic capture,
but ran a full blown UNIX, so I always enjoyed reading news on the
"big screen". :)
1 Masscomp m68k based system
This system is also Multibus based and resides in a pair of 5' high
racks. One rack contains the multibus chassis and a pair of Fujitsu
drives. The second rack houses the 9-track tape drive and a third
8" Fujitsu drive. This machine was only lightly used when I signed
on in 1989, and shut down shortly thereafter. I have gotten it up
and running RTU on its ST-506 boot drive, but haven't managed to
get the Fujitsus online.
7 Masscomp MC-500 deskside chassis
These are also Multibus based m68k systems. These run the same OS as
systems above. They have an internal 5-1/4" floppy and ST-506 fixed
drive. There are a bunch of the monochrome graphics tubes that go
along with these units. Actually, it appears like each chassis is
designed to drive a pair of the graphics terminals. I have one of
these boxes that I did a clean install of the RTU OS. The other 6
are in varying states of repair. I think there are enough bits to
assemble at least 3 more complete systems.
2 DEC MicroVax II in a 19"
There is also a rack mounted chassis with a pair of SMD drives.
Each of the MVII has a SMD controller card. Both of the boot drives
are dead and I don't have a way to format replacements. I would
like to hang on to these if I can manage to get them home without
doing myself harm.
1 Tek 4014-1 graphics terminal w/hard copy unit. The terminal works
fine, but I haven't had a chance to test the hard copy unit. I would
like to hang on to this unit, but moving it is definately a two person
and a truck kind of thing. So I may have to let it go. :(
? StorageTek 9-Track drives. 110V operation. How many of these I have
depends on the fate of the ZS-1 machines. I have a couple now, and
will have several more if the ZS machines are scrapped.
Large quantities of documentation. Over a dozen UNIX programmers
manuals in metal desktop racks. Complete documentation sets for VMS,
gray and orange binders. I have a box with complete unopened
docs for a later version (don't remember off-hand which version) of
VMS than we had ever installed. Documentation for several revisions
of SunOS4. If I were to walk through the building, I could easily
double this list. Basically we have just about everything!
Thanks for listening,
Jon
Jon Auringer
auringer(a)tds.net
8 Jan
8 Jan
2:32 a.m.
I'm about 35 minutes from all this stuff and go to this
area once or twice a month... if anyone wants to
rescue it.
- John
2:39 a.m.
Jon Auringer wrote:
Hello all,
Along with the Astronautics ZS-1 machines I posted about earlier, we
have some other equipment available. I have someone interested in one of
the 11/780 machines and possible others. As with the ZS-1 machines, the
time frame isn't very long. Again, we are closing this facility and the
equipment will be scrapped if not rescued.
I forgot to mention that we have rack upon rack of open reel tapes that
are bound for the dumpster if not picked up.
Later,
Jon
Jon Auringer
auringer(a)tds.net
4:02 a.m.
Well we might very well be interested in a ZS-1.
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Jon Auringer wrote:
Hello all,
Along with the Astronautics ZS-1 machines I posted about earlier, we
have some other equipment available. I have someone interested in one of
the 11/780 machines and possible others. As with the ZS-1 machines, the
time frame isn't very long. Again, we are closing this facility and the
equipment will be scrapped if not rescued.
1 DEC 11/780 (3 wide cabinet) currently up and running 4.2 BSD
3rd cabinet has a Ven-tel plugin modem rack w/~10 modems
1 rack containing 4 Fujitsu Eagle drives (one drive is off-line due
to increasing errors)
1 Fujitsu 9-track tape drive in 2 wide cabinet (not quite as tall as the
VAX cabinet)(This is a nice auto loading drive, there is a second
one available with two drives from a non-VAXyb system)
1 DEC TE16 9-track tape drive (1 wide cabinet)
1 Fujitsu line printer
1 DECWRITER III printing terminal as console
1 DEC 11/780 (3 wide cabinet) currently down but was running fine
when turned off (VMS)
3 DEC RP07 drives (each the size of a washing machine on steroids!)
1 DEC TU78 9-track tape drive
1 Scicards design station (This is a dedicated color graphics
terminal used for printed circuit board (PCB) layout)
I am told the tube was a little on the fuzzy side.
1 Benson photo plotter (we used this exclusively to print out PCB
artwork for checking)
1 Dataproducts line printer
1 DECWRITER III printing terminal as console
3 Valid Systems m68k based Multibus systems. Each system has several
dedicated mono graphics cards to drive multiple design stations.
Each system is in a half-height rack which contains the Multibus
rack, an 8" Fujitsu fixed disk drive and the slot loading 9-track
tape drive. I am unsure of the status of these systems. I believe
they were running when shut down, but I have doubts about the drives.
6 or more of the Valid Scaldstation design stations. Each includes a
table with built-in digitizer and a 19" green monochrome graphics
monitor. These systems were used primarily for schematic capture,
but ran a full blown UNIX, so I always enjoyed reading news on the
"big screen". :)
1 Masscomp m68k based system
This system is also Multibus based and resides in a pair of 5' high
racks. One rack contains the multibus chassis and a pair of Fujitsu
drives. The second rack houses the 9-track tape drive and a third
8" Fujitsu drive. This machine was only lightly used when I signed
on in 1989, and shut down shortly thereafter. I have gotten it up
and running RTU on its ST-506 boot drive, but haven't managed to
get the Fujitsus online.
7 Masscomp MC-500 deskside chassis
These are also Multibus based m68k systems. These run the same OS as
systems above. They have an internal 5-1/4" floppy and ST-506 fixed
drive. There are a bunch of the monochrome graphics tubes that go
along with these units. Actually, it appears like each chassis is
designed to drive a pair of the graphics terminals. I have one of
these boxes that I did a clean install of the RTU OS. The other 6
are in varying states of repair. I think there are enough bits to
assemble at least 3 more complete systems.
2 DEC MicroVax II in a 19"
There is also a rack mounted chassis with a pair of SMD drives.
Each of the MVII has a SMD controller card. Both of the boot drives
are dead and I don't have a way to format replacements. I would
like to hang on to these if I can manage to get them home without
doing myself harm.
1 Tek 4014-1 graphics terminal w/hard copy unit. The terminal works
fine, but I haven't had a chance to test the hard copy unit. I would
like to hang on to this unit, but moving it is definately a two person
and a truck kind of thing. So I may have to let it go. :(
? StorageTek 9-Track drives. 110V operation. How many of these I have
depends on the fate of the ZS-1 machines. I have a couple now, and
will have several more if the ZS machines are scrapped.
Large quantities of documentation. Over a dozen UNIX programmers
manuals in metal desktop racks. Complete documentation sets for VMS,
gray and orange binders. I have a box with complete unopened
docs for a later version (don't remember off-hand which version) of
VMS than we had ever installed. Documentation for several revisions
of SunOS4. If I were to walk through the building, I could easily
double this list. Basically we have just about everything!
Thanks for listening,
Jon
Jon Auringer
auringer(a)tds.net
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
4:51 a.m.
It *would* be just my luck to have a great opportunity like this and to
*not* have the money left to effect a rescue of some of it. Please excuse
me while I go bang my head against the wall. Argh.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
5:13 a.m.
In gereral there are a Lot of nice things here, enough to start off
at least two (3?,7?) newcomers with nice collections. If I were close
by I would go for a few things. I'm in NY (I gather you are in Madison,
WI?) Because of the distance could you put me down for:
1 uVaxII SMD controller card?
Thanks for posting at any rate.
John A.
8:40 p.m.
Argh! I want the 11/780 gear! Madison WI isn't that far away,
so that I could even personally get it. I'd love the one with
the TU78 and the RP07 drives. If I come with a truck, I would
load it with all I can get. I won't keep two 11/780s but I
will pass stuff on. So, Jeffrey Sharp, we can help you out.
Oh my, what am I going to do with my VAX6520 and the HSC90
and the other Dataproducts printer?
-Gunther
Jon Auringer wrote:
Hello all,
Along with the Astronautics ZS-1 machines I posted about earlier, we
have some other equipment available. I have someone interested in one of
the 11/780 machines and possible others. As with the ZS-1 machines, the
time frame isn't very long. Again, we are closing this facility and the
equipment will be scrapped if not rescued.
1 DEC 11/780 (3 wide cabinet) currently up and running 4.2 BSD
3rd cabinet has a Ven-tel plugin modem rack w/~10 modems
1 rack containing 4 Fujitsu Eagle drives (one drive is off-line due
to increasing errors)
1 Fujitsu 9-track tape drive in 2 wide cabinet (not quite as tall as the
VAX cabinet)(This is a nice auto loading drive, there is a second
one available with two drives from a non-VAX system)
1 DEC TE16 9-track tape drive (1 wide cabinet)
1 Fujitsu line printer
1 DECWRITER III printing terminal as console
1 DEC 11/780 (3 wide cabinet) currently down but was running fine
when turned off (VMS)
3 DEC RP07 drives (each the size of a washing machine on steroids!)
1 DEC TU78 9-track tape drive
1 Scicards design station (This is a dedicated color graphics
terminal used for printed circuit board (PCB) layout)
I am told the tube was a little on the fuzzy side.
1 Benson photo plotter (we used this exclusively to print out PCB
artwork for checking)
1 Dataproducts line printer
1 DECWRITER III printing terminal as console
3 Valid Systems m68k based Multibus systems. Each system has several
dedicated mono graphics cards to drive multiple design stations.
Each system is in a half-height rack which contains the Multibus
rack, an 8" Fujitsu fixed disk drive and the slot loading 9-track
tape drive. I am unsure of the status of these systems. I believe
they were running when shut down, but I have doubts about the drives.
6 or more of the Valid Scaldstation design stations. Each includes a
table with built-in digitizer and a 19" green monochrome graphics
monitor. These systems were used primarily for schematic capture,
but ran a full blown UNIX, so I always enjoyed reading news on the
"big screen". :)
1 Masscomp m68k based system
This system is also Multibus based and resides in a pair of 5' high
racks. One rack contains the multibus chassis and a pair of Fujitsu
drives. The second rack houses the 9-track tape drive and a third
8" Fujitsu drive. This machine was only lightly used when I signed
on in 1989, and shut down shortly thereafter. I have gotten it up
and running RTU on its ST-506 boot drive, but haven't managed to
get the Fujitsus online.
7 Masscomp MC-500 deskside chassis
These are also Multibus based m68k systems. These run the same OS as
systems above. They have an internal 5-1/4" floppy and ST-506 fixed
drive. There are a bunch of the monochrome graphics tubes that go
along with these units. Actually, it appears like each chassis is
designed to drive a pair of the graphics terminals. I have one of
these boxes that I did a clean install of the RTU OS. The other 6
are in varying states of repair. I think there are enough bits to
assemble at least 3 more complete systems.
2 DEC MicroVax II in a 19"
There is also a rack mounted chassis with a pair of SMD drives.
Each of the MVII has a SMD controller card. Both of the boot drives
are dead and I don't have a way to format replacements. I would
like to hang on to these if I can manage to get them home without
doing myself harm.
1 Tek 4014-1 graphics terminal w/hard copy unit. The terminal works
fine, but I haven't had a chance to test the hard copy unit. I would
like to hang on to this unit, but moving it is definately a two person
and a truck kind of thing. So I may have to let it go. :(
? StorageTek 9-Track drives. 110V operation. How many of these I have
depends on the fate of the ZS-1 machines. I have a couple now, and
will have several more if the ZS machines are scrapped.
Large quantities of documentation. Over a dozen UNIX programmers
manuals in metal desktop racks. Complete documentation sets for VMS,
gray and orange binders. I have a box with complete unopened
docs for a later version (don't remember off-hand which version) of
VMS than we had ever installed. Documentation for several revisions
of SunOS4. If I were to walk through the building, I could easily
double this list. Basically we have just about everything!
Thanks for listening,
Jon
Jon Auringer
auringer(a)tds.net
--
Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow(a)regenstrief.org
Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org
10:54 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:40:19AM -0500, Gunther Schadow wrote:
I'd love the one with the TU78 and the RP07
drives.
RP07? Aren't that the data-washing machines with three phase power
and D-Y[1] startup sequence?
Oh my, what am I going to do with my VAX6520 and the
HSC90
and the other Dataproducts printer?
"Scotty, beam it to good old
Germany." ;-)
[1] I don't know how it is called in English, it is called "Stern-Dreieck
Anlasser" in German.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
9 Jan
9 Jan
8:35 a.m.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Gunther Schadow wrote:
So, Jeffrey Sharp, we can help you out.
I'm interested. I'll contact you off-list.
Oh my, what am I going to do with my VAX6520 and the
HSC90
and the other Dataproducts printer?
I've always thought it would be fun to build a starship simulator. It
would be a big room somewhat like a cross between a Star Trek bridge and
the big control room of the Alexiy Leonov from 2010, and it would allow
the occupants to be virtually 'inside' their own sci-fi adventure. It
would accomodate 4 to 8 occupants and require them to work as a team to
complete a mission or win a battle. Mount the room on hydraulic
doohickeys that will shift the room about as needed, build in a capability
for the room to partially blow itself to bits (and be easily reassembled
later), and you've got something quite fun. Think 'Kobiyashi Maru'.
I want to control most of it with on-topic machines. A big VAX would be
nice for that. About the only thing I can think of that would need a
modern machine for is the viewscreen. I'll need a box with godly 3D
capabilities if I want the universe to look realistic in real time.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
9:03 a.m.
I've always thought it would be fun to build a starship simulator. It
would be a big room somewhat like a cross between a Star Trek bridge and
the big control room of the Alexiy Leonov from 2010, and it would allow
the occupants to be virtually 'inside' their own sci-fi adventure. It
would accomodate 4 to 8 occupants and require them to work as a team to
complete a mission or win a battle. Mount the room on hydraulic
doohickeys that will shift the room about as needed, build in a capability
Awww we don't need that... We will just synchronise throwing ourselves in
appropriate directions......
for the room to partially blow itself to bits (and be
easily reassembled
!
So we will need to sign a waiver before playing your game?! ;-)
later), and you've got something quite fun. Think
'Kobiyashi Maru'.
I want to control most of it with on-topic machines. A big VAX would be
nice for that. About the only thing I can think of that would need a
modern machine for is the viewscreen. I'll need a box with godly 3D
capabilities if I want the universe to look realistic in real time.
9:36 a.m.
"Jeffrey S. Sharp" wrote:
I want to control most of it with on-topic machines.
A big VAX would be
nice for that. About the only thing I can think of that would need a
modern machine for is the viewscreen. I'll need a box with godly 3D
capabilities if I want the universe to look realistic in real time.
http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/
Click in the 'star screen' for a real star-ship bridge.
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
10:37 a.m.
New subject: Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/
Click in the 'star screen' for a real star-ship bridge.
Yeah, that's what gave me the idea. I would add a few improvements:
* It will require a group of people. This will encourage teamwork and
role-playing among the players.
* It will be much bigger. Think NCC-1701-D bridge.
* Things will move, shake, and explode. Yes, you'll have to sign
a waiver. No, it won't be handicapped-accessible. That said, risk of
injury should be minimal.
* An entire colleciton of classicmp hardware running most of it.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
11:05 a.m.
New subject: Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)
If it's the Enterprise-D, it's already been done.
Peace... Sridhar
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 15:37:12 -0600 (CST)
From: Jeffrey S. Sharp <jss(a)subatomix.com>
Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/
Click in the 'star screen' for a real star-ship bridge.
Yeah, that's what gave me the idea. I would add a few improvements:
* It will require a group of people. This will encourage teamwork and
role-playing among the players.
* It will be much bigger. Think NCC-1701-D bridge.
* Things will move, shake, and explode. Yes, you'll have to sign
a waiver. No, it won't be handicapped-accessible. That said, risk of
injury should be minimal.
* An entire colleciton of classicmp hardware running most of it.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
11:46 a.m.
New subject: Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)
If it's the Enterprise-D, it's already been
done.
Peace... Sridhar
NCC-1701 ST:TOS bridge was done in the 70's in the bottom of a missle silo,
by a family that lived in said missle silo! It was shown on something like
"Ripley's Believe it or Not".
Zane
12:21 p.m.
New subject: Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
Nah, just about that size. For content, think Alexiy Leonov.
Mind you, this is all entirely vapor. This is something I'll end up doing
probably 10 years from now if at all. It's just fun to dream every now
and then.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
* It will be much bigger. Think NCC-1701-D
bridge.
If it's the Enterprise-D, it's already been done. 
10 Jan
10 Jan
2:07 a.m.
New subject: Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)
If you could only get Nick Oliviero on the project ...
He's a professional in the simulator field, working
with flight simulators for Continental Airlines.
"Jeffrey S. Sharp" wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
Nah, just about that size. For content, think Alexiy Leonov.
Mind you, this is all entirely vapor. This is something I'll end up doing
probably 10 years from now if at all. It's just fun to dream every now
and then.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com * It will be much bigger. Think NCC-1701-D
bridge.
If it's the Enterprise-D, it's already been done. 
9 Jan
9 Jan
12:13 p.m.
New subject: Starship simulator (was: VAX 11/780s...)
...and check out http://www.simpits.org for a gang of people that would
love to see it. :)
g.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/
Click in the 'star screen' for a real star-ship bridge.
Yeah, that's what gave me the idea. I would add a few improvements:
* It will require a group of people. This will encourage teamwork and
role-playing among the players.
* It will be much bigger. Think NCC-1701-D bridge.
* Things will move, shake, and explode. Yes, you'll have to sign
a waiver. No, it won't be handicapped-accessible. That said, risk of
injury should be minimal.
* An entire colleciton of classicmp hardware running most of it.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
10:45 a.m.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/
Click in the 'star screen' for a real star-ship bridge.
I nominate this person for the "Geek With Way Too Much Fricken Time On His
Hands" award.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
* Old computing resources for business and academia at www.VintageTech.com *
11:37 a.m.
New subject: GWWTMFTOHH Award, Was: Re: VAX 11/780s - Masscomp - Valid equipment available
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
I nominate towel.blinkenlights.nl
Telnet there and kick back.
Doc
http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/
Click in the 'star screen' for a real star-ship bridge.
I nominate this person for the "Geek With Way Too Much Fricken Time On His
Hands" award.
10 Jan
10 Jan
1:08 a.m.
New subject: GWWTMFTOHH Award, Was: Re: VAX 11/780s - Masscomp - Valid equipmentavailable
Doc wrote:
I nominate towel.blinkenlights.nl
Telnet there and kick back.
That's Sten. Anyone in the Netherlands know him?
He definately has the affliction, as do many here.
>
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
> >
> > > http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/
> > > Click in the 'star screen' for a real star-ship bridge.
> >
> > I nominate this person for the "Geek With Way Too Much Fricken Time On His
> > Hands" award.
>
I nominate towel.blinkenlights.nl
Telnet there and kick back.
>
> Doc
9 Jan
9 Jan
1:55 p.m.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ben Franchuk wrote:
Man is that a cool 'toy' though! I've often pondered such an
idea myself but have yet to move into a house so that it could be
done <g> Now all that's needed are the blinking lights from the
Jupiter and the swirling scanners/scopes from the Enterprise.
Jeff
--
Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
http://www.cchaven.com
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757
http://home.hetnet.nl/~tshaj/
Click in the 'star screen' for a real star-ship bridge.
I nominate this person for the "Geek With Way Too Much Fricken Time On His
Hands" award.
12:49 p.m.
Jeff Hellige wrote:
Man is that a cool 'toy' though!
I've often pondered such an
idea myself but have yet to move into a house so that it could be
done <g> Now all that's needed are the blinking lights from the
Jupiter and the swirling scanners/scopes from the Enterprise.
** Your wish is my command ** .. well almost here is a link for
them blinking lights off of Jupiter.
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/B205/
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
2:36 p.m.
Jeff Hellige wrote:
I checked it out when you posted the URL before...impressive
system. There used to be a club of people building replicas of the
B-9 robot,and some of them went pretty far with the lights and such
and even putting CD players inside to play various tracks. Just the
conversation piece to have waiting in a corner of your living room <g>
Jeff
--
Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
http://www.cchaven.com
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757
Man is that a cool 'toy' though!
I've often pondered such an
idea myself but have yet to move into a house so that it could be
done <g> Now all that's needed are the blinking lights from the
Jupiter and the swirling scanners/scopes from the Enterprise.
** Your wish is my command ** .. well almost here is a link for
them blinking lights off of Jupiter.
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/B205/ 
9:48 a.m.
I've always thought it would be fun to build a
starship simulator. It
would be a big room somewhat like a cross between a Star Trek bridge and
the big control room of the Alexiy Leonov from 2010, and it would allow
Check out
http://www.ds9promenade.com/startrek/index.html
Star Trek Experience at the Hilton in Las Vegas, pretty good I am told.
10:25 a.m.
It's more than pretty good. It's absolutely incredible. They beam you
up. And, even though you can probably figure out how they do it if you
think about it, it is still mesmerizing. And the sets look exactly like
the bridge of the Enterprise-D. It rocks.
Peace... Sridhar
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Mike Ford wrote:
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:48:41 -0800
From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
Reply-To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: VAX 11/780s - Masscomp - Valid equipment available
I've always thought it would be fun to build a
starship simulator. It
would be a big room somewhat like a cross between a Star Trek bridge and
the big control room of the Alexiy Leonov from 2010, and it would allow
Check out
http://www.ds9promenade.com/startrek/index.html
Star Trek Experience at the Hilton in Las Vegas, pretty good I am told.
11:02 a.m.
Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
It's more than pretty good. It's absolutely incredible. They beam you
up. And, even though you can probably figure out how they do it if you
think about it, it is still mesmerizing. And the sets look exactly like
the bridge of the Enterprise-D. It rocks.
I never did like computers of TNG. The high tech has too much of a
magic feel to it!
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Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
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